The Drift Package Light Aero R/C lineup produced by Takara Tomy was developed with Yokomo, an R/C drifting specialist company. It features a compact 1/26 scale, simple assemble type drift R/C model suited for beginners. This is the only model from the lineup i could get my hands on at the moment...
Here's the R/C drifting demonstration by one of the pros; i was sold on to the idea of getting one after watching it. The chassis features drifting tires, chamber adjusted wheels (front only) and 2 motors (one for powering the 4 wheels, and the other for the front steering mechanism)for drifting... it's just simply amazing what the R/C car is capable of doing to realistically mimick the drifting actions of real D1 cars!
Here's another review about the Drift Package Light ~ one that looks into putting together this excellent piece of work.
Even the level of details on the body set is aesthetically splendid, almost on par with any die-cast model of the same scale; the only draw back being the doors & hood don't open... It also came with extra decals for the vented hood, the front grill, front mounted intercooler plus detachable spoiler & side windows add-on for a nice finishing touch. I reckon i could do a bit of panel lining on the body to bring up the level of details a little more... =p
Putting it to its paces & getting it to drift properly do require quite some practice. I'm still on the perfect dougnut execution part, but unfortunately the batteries only lasted for probably an hour of R/c drifting fun... The drawback is it requires 5 pieces of AAA batteries to run; 2 for the R/C controller, 3 for the to power the car... & to get a reputable brand of AAA rechargeable batteries really don't come cheap. How does RM35 just for 2 piece sounds to you?
*now i got to go buy a battery charger... -_-
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Here's the R/C drifting demonstration by one of the pros; i was sold on to the idea of getting one after watching it. The chassis features drifting tires, chamber adjusted wheels (front only) and 2 motors (one for powering the 4 wheels, and the other for the front steering mechanism)for drifting... it's just simply amazing what the R/C car is capable of doing to realistically mimick the drifting actions of real D1 cars!
Here's another review about the Drift Package Light ~ one that looks into putting together this excellent piece of work.
Even the level of details on the body set is aesthetically splendid, almost on par with any die-cast model of the same scale; the only draw back being the doors & hood don't open... It also came with extra decals for the vented hood, the front grill, front mounted intercooler plus detachable spoiler & side windows add-on for a nice finishing touch. I reckon i could do a bit of panel lining on the body to bring up the level of details a little more... =p
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Putting it to its paces & getting it to drift properly do require quite some practice. I'm still on the perfect dougnut execution part, but unfortunately the batteries only lasted for probably an hour of R/c drifting fun... The drawback is it requires 5 pieces of AAA batteries to run; 2 for the R/C controller, 3 for the to power the car... & to get a reputable brand of AAA rechargeable batteries really don't come cheap. How does RM35 just for 2 piece sounds to you?
